The mid-face of lower Pleistocene hominins and its bearing on the attribution of SK 847 and StW 53

Williams, Frank; Schroeder, Lauren; Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers

doi:10.1016/j.jchb.2012.05.005

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“…(23) or Homo cf. habilis (24,25) and shows the primitive frontal sinus size and shape, we feel that this finding cannot be used to clarify the taxonomic attribution of disputed early hominin fossils. With regard to Stw 53, its primitive sinus morphology may support its exclusion from the genus Homo.…”

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“…24 Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M20 4GJ, UK. 25 Departments of Anthropology and Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA. 26 Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment and Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Rümelinstr.…”

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Frontal sinuses and human evolution

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The frontal sinuses are cavities inside the frontal bone located at the junction between the face and the cranial vault and close to the brain. Despite a long history of study, understanding of their origin and variation through evolution is limited. This work compares most hominin species’ holotypes and other key individuals with extant hominids. It provides a unique and valuable perspective of the variation in sinuses position, shape, and dimensions based on a simple and reproducible methodology. We also observed a covariation between the size and shape of the sinuses and the underlying frontal lobes in hominin species from at least the appearance of Homo erectus . Our results additionally undermine hypotheses stating that hominin frontal sinuses were directly affected by biomechanical constraints resulting from either chewing or adaptation to climate. Last, we demonstrate their substantial potential for discussions of the evolutionary relationships between hominin species.

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“…Many authors classify it as Early Homo (ex, Wood 1991Wood , 1992Kimbel et al 1984Kimbel et al , 1997Kimbel et al , 2004Richmond 2000, Williams et al 2012;Schrenk et al 2015); however, gaster (Gabunia et al 2000); H. georgicus (Gabunia et al 2002); H. erectus georgicus (Rightmire et al 2006); and H. erectus ergaster georgicus (Lordkipanidze et al 2013). We have opted for a denomination that combines the one used by Antón (2003) and the one used by Williams et al (2012), and we classify these remains as Earliest H. erectus (or H. ergaster).…”

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The affinities of Homo antecessor – a review of craniofacial features and their taxonomic validity

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Wang

2018

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The phylogenetic affinities of Homo antecessor, a hominin dating from the early Middle Pleistocene of Europe, are still unclear. In this study we conducted a comprehensive review of the TD6 hypodigm within the context of the historical development of paleoanthropological issues concerning this species. H. antecessor, based on all available craniofacial features to date, displays a midfacial morphology very similar to specimens attributed to Classic Homo erectus, suggesting that H. antecessor is the geographical European variant of Classic H. erectus.

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